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Raymond E. Bowman , the former president of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp., admitted to his role in what prosecutors said was a $1.9 billion fraud that included attempting to deceive the federal bank bailout program.

Bank of America Corp.’s lawsuit against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. for $1.7 billion in client losses was revived after the agency said that a bank at the center of the Taylor Bean scandal may have have enough assets to pay the claims.

The former treasurer of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp., once the 12th largest mortgage lender in the U.S., admitted helping run a $1.9 billion fraud scheme that targeted the government’s Troubled Asset Relief Program and contributed to the failure of Colonial Bank.

Lee Farkas , the former chairman of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp., went on trial today as the accused mastermind of a $1.9 billion fraud conspiracy. Looming in the background was the company’s relationship with the bailed-out federal mortgage financier, Freddie Mac.